Wallet



l. JAGUDEN Oct. 14, 1952 WALLET Filed Oct. 2, 1950 INVENTOR. ffy/M6 @6006# BY Patented Oct. 14, 1952l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALLET Irving J aguden, New York, N. Y.

Application October 2, 1950, Serial No. 187,864

2 Claims.

The present invention relatesto a wallet.

It is a well known drawback of the known` wallets or billfolds that a limited number of bills may be inserted and even a comparatively small number of bills, when inserted, bring about a bulky appearance which may be recognized when the wallet is put into a pocket. The bulky appearance is mainly due to the fact that the bills are inserted sdewise into a fold so that upon folding the wallet with the bills, two layers of the inner lining or leather sheet are disposed between the folded bills. In recognizing this drawback it has been proposed to insert the bills lengthwise into a fold which is, however, of a length which is more than half the length of the bills. Such arrangement does not permit at iirst the folding of the bills at their center, which is the usual folding line and in addition the upper sheet of the fold is still disposed between the folded bills and thus brings about merely the advantage of providing one layer between the folded bills.

It is, therefore, one object of the present invention to provide a Wallet having a fold receiving a plurality of bills lengthwise, the length of the fold being appreciably less than the halflength of the bills, so that upon folding the latter, no material is disposed between the bending point and over the greatest part of the length of the bills.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wallet which is of simple construction and economical in its manufacture and adapted to receive a comparatively large number of bills without bringing about a bulky appearance of the wallet.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent in the following detailed description, the present invention will be clearly understood in connection with the accompanying drawing in which Figure l is a perspective front view of the wallet in partly opened position;

Fig, 2 is a front plan view of the wallet in its fully opened position;

Fig. 3 is an end view of the folded wallet;

Fig. 4 is a section along the lines 4-4 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a section along the lines 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawing, the wallet comprises an outer panel I foldable upon the fold line 2. At one side of the fold line 2 an inner panel 3 is provided, preferably, integrally with the outer panel I by turning the inner panel 3 inwardly and stitching the latter to the former at the side margins 4 and 5. A third panel 6 is inserted into the pocket I formed between outer and inner panels I and 3. The outer portion of the panel 6 is foldable over the inner panel 3 along the fold line 8, while the inner portion of the third panel 6 is stitched to the outer panel I, thereby retaining `the inner portion of the third panel 6 within the pocket 1.

The width of the inner panel 3 is preferably greater than the width of the outer panel I, so that it is made possible that a greater number of bills can be inserted into the pocket.

The length of the inner panel is chosen as short as possibleand should be appreciably less than the half length of the bills, so that upon folding the latter no layer of leather or other material is disposed between the folding line and a greater portion of the bills.

Special fastening means may be provided to retain the upper portion of the third panel 6 in folding position as shown in full lines in Fig. 2. By example, such means may comprise a strap 9, a fastenerY (not shown) or any other suitable means.

At the other side of the fold line 2 three additional panels IIJ, II and I2, respectively, may be provided, as shown partly in Fig. 2 of the drawing, to receive cards, stamps or the like.

It has been found that the present Wallet permits cf insertion of a great number of bills without giving a bulky appearance.

While I have disclosed one embodiment of the present invention, it is to be understood that this embodiment is given by example only and not in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being determined by the objects and the claims.

I claim: l

1. In a wallet, an outer panel foldable into two overlapping panel portions, an inner panel disposed at one side of the fold line and extending longitudinally with its outer end from the adjacent end edge of said outer panel toward the fold line, the inner panel having its outer and side margins connected to the said outer panel in order to form a pocket, a third panel, one end portion of said third panel being disposed in said pocket and the side margins of said one end portion of said third panel being connected to the said outer panel, the other end portion of said third panel forming a flap beyond a fold line therein, said flap covering bills inserted into said pocket when the wallet is in its folded position, said inner panel extending along the outer panel for a length less than the half length of the bills, and means for securing the ap of said third panel to the outer face oi' said inner panel.

2. The Wallet, as set forth in claim 1, in which le of this patent:

4 UNITED STATES PAI'ENTS Name Date Hegele Feb. 7, 1905 Weissbrod Nov. 15, 1910 Voltz Nov. 3, 1931 Kaliebe Aug. 23, 1932 Gardner Jan. 9, 1934 Broughton Nov. 16, 1948 Broughton Nov. 29, 1949 

